I still usually pirate when buying requires jumping through too many hoops. Being in a sanctioned country, ahem, adds some just impractical to go through.
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popekingjoe@lemmy.world 6 days agoIt’s like Gabe said (paraphrased): “Piracy is a service problem, not a pricing problem.”
Make it easy to buy stuff and people will. But the more barriers you put up, the more people will pirate. Granted, there are persons like you (and I counted among those at one point) who cannot afford things from time-to-time, but we’re a minority. Every game I’ve ever pirated from those days I have made sure to purchase once I was able to.
Make it available for easy purchase and people will buy it.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Tregetour@lemdro.id 6 days ago
In case you haven’t worked it out by now, the following advice may be of help:
They’re not gonna do that
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Sure they are, one they figure out it how.